At cultivation of citrus in house conditions the correct watering makes half of success. Therefore if you want to grow up healthy and beautiful lemon tree, attentively study councils how it needs to be watered.
Instruction
1. The water which is just poured from under the crane contains many hazardous substances, first of all, chlorine, lime. Therefore before watering it is necessary to let such water stand within 1-2 days in ware without cover. If you want to purify in addition water from impurity, miss it via the "Barrier" filter. It is good if you have opportunity to use soft melt or rain water for watering. Such it is possible to prepare in the deep freeze. For this purpose freeze water for day in plastic or other suitable capacity. Then take out capacity from the fridge and allow water to thaw completely at the room temperature.
2. For watering adapt convenient vessel with nose. It is necessary in order that there was opportunity to bring vessel to the earth, but not to pour water from above: at such wrong watering the roots of lemon become bare, and on their tips the mikoriza perishes.
3. It is necessary to avoid two extremes: excessive watering and too poor moistening. In the first case from the soil substances necessary to plant are washed away, there can be rotting. Poor watering, on the contrary, will lead to the fact that the lemon will dry up. To define whether watering is required to plant at present, you zashchipnit a little earth from pot and squeeze it fingers. If the earth sticks together, so it rather damp, and it is necessary to hold off watering. If the earth was scattered, the lemon needs to be watered. Do such test for soil moisture at least 1 time a week, and in the summer, during heat – at least 2 times.
4. Before watering slightly loosen the surface of the soil that water was better absorbed. You make watering gradually, small portions of water, on all perimeter of pot. When, at last, on pallet several water droplets act, watering should be stopped.